Answer:
32% of students went on this field trip.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given : 80% of 6-graders and 20% of 5-graders went on a field trip. If there are 20 6-graders and 80 5-graders.
To find : What percent of students went on this field trip?
Solution :
Let A be the 6-graders students.
B be the 5-graders students.
We have given, A=20 and B = 60
According to question,
80% of 6-graders going on trip
i.e. \(=\frac{80}{100}\times A\)
\(=\frac{80}{100}\times 20\)
\(=16\)
20% of 5-graders going on trip
i.e. \(\frac{20}{100}\times B\)
\(=\frac{20}{100}\times 80\)
\(=16\)
Total number of students going on the field trip is
\(T=\frac{\frac{80}{100}\times A+\frac{20}{100}\times B}{20+80}\)
\(T=\frac{16+16}{100}\)
\(T=\frac{32}{100}\)
32 students out of 100 students.
Into percentage,
\(T\%=\frac{32}{100}\times 100=32\%\)
Therefore, 32% of students went on this field trip.
